Wire-fastening device for fence-posts



(No Model.)

A. J. NELLIS.

WIRE FASTENING DEVICE FOR FENCE POSTS. No. 337,857. Patented Mar. 16,1886.

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WIRE-FASTENING DEVICE FOR FENCE-POSTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,857, dated March16, 1886.

Application filed June 27, 1885. Serial No. 170,034.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AARON J. NELLIs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain 7 new and useful Improvements inVVire-Faso ening Devices for Fence-Posts; and I hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l isan elevation of a fence-post provided with a wire-holding deviceembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear view of a portion of the post,showing the manner of securing the wire-holding device thereto. Fig. 3is a detail sectional view of a post, showing the position of thedevice; Fig. 4., a perspective view of the device; and Fig. 5 is anenlarged rear view of a portion of the post, showing the slot for thereception of the wire fastening device.

Like letters refer tolikeparts wherever they occur.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple and effectivemeans of securing the wire or ribbon to the post in such manner as willpermit the ready insertion or removal of the wire or ribbon and at thesame time so hold the wire or ribbon as to allow for expansion andcontraction, while preventing accidental displacement of the wire.

I will now proceed to describe my invention, so that others skilled inthe art to which it appertains may apply the same.

In the drawings, A indicates a metallic fence-post, which should have aweb and projecting flanges, or, as is preferable, may be semicircular incross-section, and formed from open-hearth steel, cast-steel,or Bessemersteel, by guttering a bar thereof; or, if preferred, either angle ordouble T iron shapes may be used, as the desirable feature is to have arecess or depression into which the point of the hook may project.

B indicates the fastening-hook, which has an irregular curve of thegeneral character shown, so as to form a swell, b, for the reception ofthe wire or ribbon, and a beak or (No model.)

.beak c is carried into the trough or recess a of the post.

The hook B is made by doubling a wire to form two parallel arms, thenbending the free ends e at right angles in opposite directions to form aT, and finally bending the parallel arms into the irregularly-curvedhook hereinbefore specified.

For securing such a hook to the post, the post is slotted at the bottomof gutter a, as at h, said slot being sufficiently large to allow thehook to enter freely and to vibrate with the wire or ribbon.

As a hook of the character described has two spring-arms, said arms willbind on the edges of slot h and prevent the displacement and loss of thehook when the fence Wire or ribbon is displaced.

The advantages of my invention are, first, as the post does not requireedge slots for the fence-wires it can be made of much lighter material;second, the simplicity of the fastening and the manner of connecting itwith the post reduces the labor and cost of manufacture; third, whilethe wire is so held that it can expand or contract Without breaking ordisplacing the post, it cannot be accidentally displaced; fourth, thewire or ribbon can be readily removed when it is desirable to do so formoving the fence or for other purposes.

Having thus set forth the nature, opera tion, and advantages of myinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. The combination, with a guttered post of a hook having a wire swell,b, and beak c, said hook pivoted to swing within the gutter of the post,and adapted to hold a fence wire or ribbon, substantially as and for thepurposes specified.

2. The combination, with a guttered post, having a hook-slot, h, of awire hook having laterally-bent spring-arms forming a T-head forsecuring the hook in the slot of the post, In testimony whereof I afiixmy signature, l substantially as and for the purposes specified. inpresence of two witnesses, this 28th day of 3. The fencing-wire hookcomposed of the May, 1885. doubled wire having the swell b and the lat-AARON J. NELLIS.

5 erally-projecting spring-arms, and T- head Witnesses:

e e, substantially as and for the purposes JAS. P. QUINN, specified. A.K. STEVENSON.

